REC Card Grading App vs Card Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REC Card Grading App
Instantly analyze your trading cards using AI to receive detailed grades and sub-grades. Discover market values, compete on leaderboards, and buy/sell cards in a dedicated marketplace. Stay informed with the latest card news.
- AI-powered card analysis
- Detailed grading and sub-grades
- Instant defect detection
- Real-time market valuations
- Collector marketplace
- Global leaderboards
- Trading card news
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REC Grading uses AI to analyze your trading cards and give you a detailed grade — just like PSA or BGS, but instant and on your phone. SCAN YOUR CARD Take a photo of both sides and our AI detects every defect: corner whitening, edge chipping, surface scratches, and centering issues. GET YOUR GRADE Receive sub-grades for Centering, Corners, Edges, and Surface — plus an overall grade from 1–10 with full transparency into every deduction. MARKET VALUES See what your card is worth raw and at every grade level across PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC, and TAG — powered by live eBay and market data. LEADERBOARD Submit your best cards and compete with collectors worldwide on the public leaderboard. REC SWAP Buy and sell graded cards directly with other collectors in the REC marketplace. CARD NEWS Stay up to date with the latest trading card market news and price movements. Subscription required for full access. Weekly and monthly plans available.
Card Check
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Card Check turns your phone into a price checker for trading cards. Hold a card up to the camera and it identifies itself, then shows what it actually sells for — the live market price by condition and printing, and what graded copies have sold for. FIVE GAMES, ONE SCANNER Works with Pokémon, Riftbound (League of Legends), Disney Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and One Piece cards. No mode to pick — Card Check tells which game a card belongs to from the card itself, reading the set code and collector number in the corner so new sets match the right listing from release day. WHAT IT DOES • Auto-scan — hold a card in frame and Card Check reads it, sleeves and all. Or choose a photo from your library, or type the card's corner text. • Live prices by condition — Near Mint, Lightly Played and Moderately Played, plus a one-month price chart. • Every printing — when a card comes in Normal and Foil, Holofoil, Reverse Holo or Cold Foil, switch between them and every price follows. • The right version — pattern, stamped and cosmos holo versions of a card are listed right under the match, so you can tap yours instead of getting the wrong price. • Graded sales — median PSA 10, 9 and 8 prices from recent eBay sales for Pokémon cards, with the number of sales behind each figure. • Market — each set's top cards and sealed products for every game. • Bulk — see which commons, uncommons and rares in a set are worth pulling at 10¢, 25¢ or 50¢ for Pokémon, Lorcana and Riftbound, with the cheapest current listing next to each market price. • Lorcana puzzle inserts — browse each set's puzzle piece by piece, or scan a piece and Card Check matches it by its picture. • Collection — track the cards you own and watch the total value move with the market. • Scan history — every scan is saved, so you can pull a card back up with fresh prices any time. FOR SELLERS • Sell this on TCGplayer — jump straight to your TCGplayer seller page for the card you just scanned. • Export for TCGplayer — turn your collection into a Seller Portal import file with quantities and today's market prices, then review it in Staged before anything goes live. Card Check never asks for your TCGplayer login. BUILT FOR COLLECTORS No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your collection and scan history stay on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud — we can't see them. Photos are read on your phone and never uploaded unless you choose to attach one to a wrong-match report. HONEST ABOUT PRICES Prices come from public marketplace data and are estimates, not appraisals. Graded prices show what already-graded copies have sold for — not a prediction of the grade your card would get.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: REC Card Grading App at 3 against Card Check's 1. REC Card Grading App also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | REC Card Grading App | Card Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | REC Grading, LLC | Darren Ustaris |
In-app purchases
REC Card Grading App
No in-app purchases
Card Check
No in-app purchases
Questions
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